Meet Karen Gilbane, our office manager and licensed associate broker at Halter Associates Realty. A real foodie, you can find her enjoying an Italian meal at Bella Luna in Saugerties NY, dreaming of her next visit to Italy. Karen loves her family, her dog, and mothering everyone around her with delicious food and wise counsel.

What's the best advice you've ever received?

Remember where you've been and look forward to where you're going

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Health and well being

Which living person do you most admire?

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo

What is your favorite restaurant in the Hudson Valley?

Bella Luna in Saugerties NY

If you could host a dinner party with five people who would they be?

My parents, grandparents, my mother in-law and sister-in-law

When you are not working - what do you like to do?

Walk with Shamus, (my best four-legged friend), work out, and ride my bike